What you Can Do.. Take Action!
GreenCAPE provides information about pesticides and a variety of other environmental threats. Although we do not engage in any political activities such as lobbying, we do feel that people have the right to make their voices heard. We hope the following links and information will make that process easier.
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Contact Your Elected Officials
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund- Dedicated to unleashing the power within all of us to make a difference for the environment.
Congress.org- Easy e-mail access to your elected Federal and State officials plus a comprehensive list of issues, organized by category.
Mass.gov- Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts website. Contact links plus environmental info.
Write a letter to the Editor
The Cape Cod Times on-line submission
The Boston Globe on-line submission
.....If you feel that you don't know enough yet,
Get More Information
Read this article by Dr. Michael Surgan, Chief Scientist in the Environmental Protection Bureau of the NY State Attorney General's Office: EPA Pesticide Registration: Our Safety in the Balance. Opens and downloads in pdf.
League of Conservation Voters Keeps track of legislators' environmental voting records.
Read: In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development - a report by Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and Clean Water Fund, May 2000
Read at U.S. EPA pesticide web site - Even a real wonk can get lost here. The "offical" place, so don't expect an organic outlook, but loads of info.
Read: Polluting Our Future: Chemical Pollution in the U.S. that Affects Child Development and Learning, by National Environmental Trust et al.
Go to The United States Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program- Water, water everywhere, but is it safe to drink?
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More Worthwhile Information
movie to see-- Food, Inc. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqQVll-MP3I
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan, 2007
In Defense of Food: an eater's manifesto by Michael Pollan, 2008
Altering Eden - The Feminization of Nature by Deborah Cadbury, Oct. 1999, St. Martin¹s Press
Common Sense Pest Control - Least Toxic Solutions for Your Home, Garden, Pests and Community, by William Olkowski, Sheila Daar, and Helen Olkowski, 1991, Taunton Press
Fateful Harvest: the true story of a small town, a global industry and a toxic secret by Duff Wilson, 2001, Harper Collins
Generations at Risk - Reproductive Health and the Environment by Ted Schettler, M.D., Gina Solomon, M.D., Maria Valenti, and Annette Huddle, 1999, MIT Press
Living Downstream - An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., 1997, Addison-Wesley
Raising Elijah
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Learn about cancer rates and environmental issues in your town - visit the Massachusetts Health and Environment Information System (Mass HEIS) produced by Silent Spring.
Chemical Defoliation on public and private easements by NSTAR resumes soon unless you stop it.Go to our nstar action page for more information!
Learn about Endocrine Disruptors
Some of the herbicides and surfactants NSTAR sprays on the Cape Cod utility easements (property they do not own) are suspected endocrine disruptors. Check out these video clips to find out how an endocrine disruptor in even infinitesimal quantities can disrupt YOUR life, "Humanity Disrupted" was produced to educate the public on the rising and severe issue of endocrine disruptors. This documentary is relevant to every human being, because chances are, you are being exposed to endocrine disruptors every day of your life without realizing it. After watching this 30 minute documentary that is split up into 8 short chapters, you will know what an endocrine disruptor is, what they are doing to your body,how you come into contact with them, and how to prevent this problem from happening.
www.youtube.com/user/endocrinedisruptor#g/u
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Fall 2010:
³What we as the delegation are asking for, and what I think is a very reasonable request, is that if there are other alternatives to spraying, we need to explore them, and we need to give the people exploring those options enough time.² - Senator O¹Leary
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2010/03/27/o-leary-requests-one-year-hold-on-nstar?blog=53
FACT SHEETS
Two factsheets to download, read, take action, and pass along:
the long and the short of the NSTAR Plan to Herbicide Cape Cod. The short
version can serve as a flyer (2 sides). The long version includes additional
material and references.
Download NSTAR Sustainable Right of Way factsheet (long version).
Download NSTAR Spraying factsheet/flyer (short version)
Petition by Concerned Citizens Against Herbicide Use on Cape Cod
March update--NSTAR herbicide spraying, Commissioner Soares calls a 30 day moratorium at the request of NSTAR.
Why we're not believing the scientists--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4lijvIjpRw Check this out for some easy morning listeningŠ..NSTAR won¹t be using that herbicide but as Dr. Hayes reports‹Atrazine has been used for 48 years all over the world and only recently has its endocrine disrupting effects been reported. Sooo what are we missing with NSTARs fabulous five mixture?
Actions Needed
Contact NSTAR CEO Tom May. Thomas.May@nstar.com Phone 617-424-2527, or Investor Relations at 781-441-8338
Details on how to Send a message to MDAR Commissioner Scott Soares . He ultimately makes the decision on spraying for the entire Cape
Commissioner Scott Soares, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources 251 Causeway Street, Suite 500 Boston, MA 02114-2151 (617)626-1701 Scott.Soares@state.ma.us
Tell 10 friends about the NStar plan and have them tell 10 friends, and so on. Give them GreenCAPE factsheetsdownload from the top of this page.
More Actions Needed:
1. Contact your local officials. Ask them to renew the non-binding
resolution that all Cape towns signed last year.
2. Circulate petitions.
3. Contact NSTAR CEO Tom May. Thomas.May@nstar.com Phone 617-424-2527,
or Investor Relations at 781-441-8338
http://www.mass.gov/agr/pesticides/rightofway/Sensitive_Area_Materials.htm (note the supplemental labeling for Roundup PRO by Monsanto)
Read the Chemical Details:
NSTAR Pesticides & additions data / proposed Eastham ROW spraying
Trade names in bold; a.i. in parentheses is the “active
ingredient”
note--most are pdf documents that will open in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Accord (a.i.=glyphosate) www.mass.gov/agr/pesticides/rightofway/docs/Glyphosate2005.pdf
Label: www.cdms.net/LDat/ld4TL015.pdf
MSDS: www.cdms.net/LDat/mp4TL003.pdf
Arsenal (a.i=imazapyr) www.mass.gov/agr/pesticides/rightofway/docs/Imazapyr2005.pdf
Label: www.cdms.net/LDat/ld746002.pdf
MSDS: www.cdms.net/LDat/mp746004.pdf
Escort (a.i.=metsulfuron methyl) www.mass.gov/agr/pesticides/rightofway/docs/Metsulfuron_Methyl2005.pdf
Label: www.dupont.com/ag/us/prodinfo/prodsearch/information/H65216.pdf
MSDS: msds.dupont.com/msds/pdfs/EN/PEN_09004a2f80125c7a.pdf
Pyridine (garlon 4) (a.i.=triclopyr)
Organochlorine class of pesticides and a suspected carcinogen and mutagen
which has been detected in groundwater and is toxic to fish. Linked to
mammary and adrenal tumors.
www.mass.gov/agr/pesticides/rightofway/docs/triclopyr2005.pdf
Label: www.cdms.net/ldat/ld0B0013.pdf
Supplemental Label: www.cdms.net/ldat/ld0B0000.pdf
MSDS: www.cdms.net/ldat/mp0B0014.pdf
Krenite (a.i.=fosamine ammonium) www.mass.gov/agr/pesticides/rightofway/docs/Fosamine_Ammonium2005.pdf
Label: www.dupont.com/ag/us/prodinfo/prodsearch/information/H65191.pdf
MSDS: msds.dupont.com/msds/pdfs/EN/PEN_09004a2f80006da5.pdf
41-A Drift Retardant
www.montereychemical.com/label/Sanag%2041-A.pdf
Arborchem Clean-Cut Surfactant
Label www.arborchem.com/images/products/arborch_cleancut.gif
MSDS page 1 www.arborchem.com/images/products/arborch_cleancut_msdsp1.gif
MSDS page 2 www.arborchem.com/images/products/arborch_cleancut_msdsp2.gif